Don’t Count Traditional PCs Out Just Yet

It turns out the traditional personal computer still has a future, at least according to one of Deloitte Canada’s top 10 telecom, media and technology sector predictions for 2013.

Increasingly, people rely on smartphones and tablets to do business, communicate with friends and family and to watch entertainment and sports, potentially threatening the future of PCs. But, in a report released Tuesday, Deloitte Canada says the ubiquity of PCs means they aren’t going the way of the Dodo bird anytime soon.

The accounting and consulting firm says PCs remain the main source of Internet traffic, predicting that over 80% of traffic will come from desktop and laptop PCs in 2013. Further, the vast majority of young people, typically among the first groups to adopt new technologies, still consider laptops their most important device, the firm says.

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